Oklahoma students walk out after Nex Benedict’s death to protest bullying



Students at Owasso High School in Oklahoma staged a protest against what they describe as the school’s culture of bullying following the death of trans student Nex Benedict. NBC Out reporter Jo Yurcaba describes the emotions running through the community.

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34 thoughts on “Oklahoma students walk out after Nex Benedict’s death to protest bullying”

  1. 1ST OF ALL IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT BULLING… YOU NEED TO STOP BULLING GIRLS!!! STOP FORCING GIRLS TO SHARE WOMEN'S SPACES WITH MEN AND THERE WON'T BE SO MANY PROBLEMS!! I'M SO GLAD I DON'T HAVE CHILDREN IN SCHOOL IN THESE TIMES. WHEN I HAVE GRANDKIDS, I WILL BE HOMESCHOOLING THEM!!! MY SON DOESN'T EVEN WANT TO BRING CHILDREN INTO THIS WORLD COS ITS NOT SAFE!!!

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  2. Were the students in the girls bathroom or the boys bathroom? Did three girls or three boys or three trans students knock the student to the ground? I'm a little confused? This student threw water at the other students first? If this student was being bullied so badly why are the students walking out of class if they didn't like the student? I think some clear facts would help explain this bathroom incident.

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  3. Digusting to see all these haters twisting the issue here and saying that bullying is totally 100 percent okay as long as the victim is LGBT. In other words, 'They had it coming'.

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  4. The coroner said Nex's death was not caused by head trauma. Bullying is wrong, but it has little to do with Nex's death. I live in Owasso and have been following this story closely… it's amazing how they leave out that one important detail.

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  5. Nex was a 16yr old student period. 3 on 1 is not a fight. Owasso High school is on the reservation, there is definitely more to come. Nex was bullied continuously and the school, as usual did nothing about it

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  6. What was a student with male DNA doing in the girl's bathroom in the first place? If I had dared step foot in the girls room when I was in high school, I'd have been forced out by everyone there, THEN disciplined by the school authorities. This boy (more or less) violated the privacy of these girls, then threw water on them. Maybe their reaction was not justified, but it was not unprovoked and according to the autopsy didn't cause his death.

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